People watching the sky for rising temperature, drying streams, lack of drinking water and relief – Kashmir is a witness to a scorching heat this year, with an incredible heatwave scattering records.
“This is the hottest June since 1978,” Director, Meteorological Department Srinagar, Mukhtar Ahmed told the Indian Express. “The average day temperature for June this year was between 32 and 33 ° C. It is a few three degrees above normal. The average minimum temperature has also been on the high side.”
The heat has forced the government to carry forward the summer holidays in educational institutions from two weeks to a month. While the schools were closed for summer breaks from June 23, higher education institutions were closed from June 25. Typically, the school was closed for summer holidays in the second week of July, while higher education institutions were closed in the first or second week of August. July and August are usually the hottest months in the valley.
The government said that before deciding, it would inspect the weather conditions whether schools have to be opened after the breakdown of summer or expand the holidays.
The data indicates that this was the second hottest June in Srinagar since 1892, when the data was previously recorded.
“The only hotter on the record for the city (Srinagar) was in June 1978, when the total average temperature reached 25 ° C, which was operated by a maximum (temperature) of 32.9 ° C, although the average minimum (temperature) was low in 17.1 ° C that year,” said the independent weather forecaster Faizan Erif.
Arif said that this year, the average minimum temperature for June was recorded at 18.2 degrees Celsius.
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Arif told the Indian Express, “We can have a few years when the highest temperature for June may be higher than this year. But what we are seeing is that this year, the temperature is continuously hovering above normal,” Arif told The Indian Express.
Heatwave has caused lack of drinking water in some parts of the valley, while irrigation canals are running dry, especially on farmers, putting tension in South Kashmir.
Abdul Qayum, a farmer from Pulwama in South Kashmir, said, “If there is no immediate rain, we are afraid that our entire crop will be lost.” “Our apple orchards require water due to dry magic and high temperatures, but the canals are running dry.”
Withraman expects some rain in the first week of July. “We hope that the hot weather will continue till July 4, but after that we expect some rain – in both Kashmir and Jammu – from July 5 to July 8,” Director Ahmed told The Indian Express. “It is too early to say what will happen after this.”
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